It’s my birthday……. and 36 feels damn GOOD!
Society tells us as women we should dread getting older, for a lot of fucking lame reasons!!….. BUT honestly I’m not afraid of actually getting older….. I’m afraid to quit dreaming, and I’m afraid to quit doing………
Age absolutely doesn’t take away from dreaming, of being happy, beautiful, smart, talented, adventurous, or SEXY!! If we let the darkness in the world get to us negatively, if we let societal norms and peoples bullshit opinions & beliefs get in the way of our happiness……..THAT is when we start to die each day!! THAT is when we “age”.
Up to this point in my life forming this mindset …….. I’ve experienced amazingly beautiful and wonderful things! I feel grateful for so much in life!! ……. But also over the years had some times of darkness where I found myself in the shadows. Sometimes it’s in the shadows, out of the direct light, and in the darker moments where we find a beauty we didn’t see before. We make discoveries about the world, and ourselves we wouldn’t have otherwise seen trying to look at things the way we always do. Trying to look at things in the same light that we think should make life beautiful. Genuine perspective comes in these unplanned moments in the shadows and darkness. These moments when you see things so differently, your eyes eventually open to new possibilities, to new dreams, to new visions of how life feels uniquely beautiful to ourselves!
We age. We experience. We grow. We learn. We change. AND WE NEVER LET ANYONE OR ANYTHING MAKE US STOP SEEING OUR OWN BEAUTY!!!!
The reason #thisis36 and I love this photo is because it’s a great metaphor for life. It wasn’t part of my original plan or vision, it came about unexpectedly, yet it’s beauty shines so brightly through the darkness and the shadows to be one of my favorite!
Little Ms Fit 